The Mystery:The Witch and the Scourge

"What were the results of the observation?"

In the carriage on the way back, Louise asked seriously.

Miss "Soothsayer" had already prepared her draft and confidently answered:

"Ambassador Intis, Beckron, is slender, middle-aged, not ugly in appearance, likes to talk sweet talk, and is extremely attentive to beautiful ladies..."

Louise nodded repeatedly, smiled and praised: "Yes, you have the potential to become a 'faceless man'."

"What exactly do you want me to do?" Katrin asked curiously.

Louise raised the corners of her mouth slightly and said with a mysterious smile:

"I want you to do a 'magic'."

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On Wednesday, Audrey made an appointment with Forsi and Miss Xio and directly explained her purpose:

"I have a task that I need your help with."

"What mission?" Xio's eyes lit up, as if he could smell the ink scent of the banknotes.

Audrey showed a polite smile:

"Assassinate Intis's ambassador to the kingdom, Beclan Jean Martin."

Forsi, who had just spent four hundred pounds to buy the "Master of Magic" formula and was saving up to send an emergency signal, could not help but frown, as if he saw hundreds of gold pounds flying away from his eyes with wings.

"We can't complete this task," she said frustratedly.

Audrey noticed Forsi's hesitation and said with a slight smile:

"I'm not asking you to accept the commission on your own, but I hope you find extraordinary people who are capable of completing it, such as Mr. A. I will pay a deposit of two thousand gold pounds for this. If the task is completed, I will still give you up to eight thousand pounds later.

The final payment...the detailed details need to be discussed between the two of you."

"Regardless of whether the final task is completed or not, I will give you a reward of five hundred pounds because you took the risk."

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After leaving Audrey's house, Miss Xio kept frowning. She suddenly stopped and said in a deep voice:

"I don't think there's something right about this."

Forsi turned around and agreed with deep understanding:

"The naive, curious, and ignorant Miss Audrey would actually give an assassination mission, and the target is the ambassador of Intis, a powerful country in the northern continent. This fact itself is contrary to common sense."

"Then why did you agree so decisively?" Xio asked strangely. Just now, when she was still hesitating whether to accept this commission, Forsi was the first to agree.

"Because the reward promised by Miss Audrey is generous enough." Forsi said matter-of-factly. Then, without giving Xio a chance to refute, she continued her analysis:

"Whether this is strife in the aristocratic circle or a prelude to a premeditated war... it has nothing to do with us, because you and I are just a microphone."

"If you and I had just rejected this commission, I believe Miss Audrey would not have any dissatisfaction, but others will naturally choose to accept it, and the result will not change. However, the five hundred pounds of reward can be

It will fall into the hands of others."

"As for the risks Miss Audrey mentioned, hey, how can there be a foolproof entrustment?"

"Being extraordinary is the biggest risk."

After listening to Fors's clear and coherent analysis of why she accepted the mission, Miss Xio had no unnecessary objections. She had been ready to take risks since the day she became a bounty hunter.

Even though Mr. A is a member of the evil organization "Aurora Society", Xio will not back down because of this. After all, this commission does not require her to be an enemy of Mr. A. The doubts in her mind mainly fall on another piece of information provided by Miss Audrey.

superior:

"Becklund will soon leave his post as ambassador and return to Intis. On Thursday night, he will attend a dance hosted by Louise. That is the best opportunity for assassination."

Forsi rubbed the three fingers of her right hand gently. This was her habitual action when writing and smoking, and it was also a sign that she was thinking. After a while, she said:

"You have always been very wary of Miss Louise, so you are worried that this is a trap designed by Louise and Audrey. Their real target is not the so-called Ambassador Intis, but Mr. A."

Giving full play to the writer's image power, Forsi's thoughts flow more smoothly:

"If this plan that only exists in your imagination fails, Mr. A is not dead, or Mr. A is killed by Louise, and other members of the Aurora Society come to trace the source, we will bear the brunt... This is you

Are you worried about anything?"

Miss Xio looked like she had seen a ghost and asked in surprise: "You...how did you know?"

Forsi did not explain, but stretched out his hand to knock Xio's forehead, and asked in succession:

"Then have you ever thought that the news that Mr. A belongs to the 'Aurora Society' came from Miss Audrey's notification? Have you ever thought that you and I are carrying a huge sum of two thousand pounds now, if Miss Audrey wants to

Do you need to pay such a high price to harm us?"

Miss Xiu touched her head and whispered:

"I didn't doubt Miss Audrey, I was worried..."

"You're worried about Miss Louise, right?" Forsi said with a genuine expression: "Your prejudice against Louise is a little too strong. We have not known her for a long time, and everything is normal.

?"

"We even got the Sequence Eight potion formula, and we are one step closer to our respective goals."

"Okay, maybe I'm worrying too much." Miss Xio nodded and said.

Getting along with people often depends on the first impression, and Louise left a particularly deep impression on Xio, which made Xio always wary of her, but Forsi's analysis is not unreasonable.

, she habitually chose to obey.

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After the communication with Mr. A ended, Forsi and Xio looked at each other, and both saw the same confusion in each other's eyes.

It's not that the communication just now was not smooth, on the contrary, the process was very smooth. The price proposed by Mr. A was exactly the highest remuneration that Miss Audrey could accept, as if the two parties had already negotiated... The deposit of two thousand pounds was paid on the spot, and if the task was completed

, there will be another eight thousand pounds in the future. If the mission fails, the two thousand pounds will not be returned.

"Five hundred pounds, you got it so easily?" Fors couldn't believe it. Why did she spend so much effort writing a book? She might as well complete a commission from Miss Audrey...

"I think so." Xio responded seriously.

In the home of the two of them in the Jowood District, Forsi was lying paralyzed on the sofa. Suddenly he sat up in a dying illness and said:

"I think we should go to a safe house and come back after this thing is over."

Xio didn't pay attention immediately, but held an invitation in his hand that he had just found in the mailbox. After reading it, he turned to Forsi and said:

"I think there's no need for that anymore."

Forsi took the invitation, and the content on it was very simple:

"We sincerely invite Miss Forse and Miss Hugh to attend the dance held at 59 Egram Street this Thursday night."

"Your friend, Louise Best."

"What does this mean?" Forsi took two deep breaths and asked.

Miss Hugh replied with a serious expression: "Louise's invitation, the dance on Thursday night."

One is a former aristocratic lady, and the other is a well-known writer. Naturally, she is no stranger to balls. But tomorrow’s ball, if nothing else goes wrong, will lead to a battle between extraordinary people. Why did you invite us two "mouthpieces"?

"Are you going?" Forsi waved the invitation.

Miss Hugh stood up and said, "I haven't got the five hundred pounds yet!"